Lars has been with Ericsson since 1999 as telecommunications engineer for 2G, 3G and 4G core network as well as Cloud and IP products and is since 2018 the Program Director of Ericsson Response, the non-comercial humanitarian volunteer program of Ericsson. Joining the program as volunteer in 2006, Lars has not only been deployed in various humanitarian field missions like Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Haiti Earthquake and South Sudan, but also managed Ericsson Response operations in all major emergencies since then. Ericsson Response is a partner of the Emergency Telecom Cluster (ETC) and works closely with WFP and other partner. Lars holds a university degree of the University of Applied Science in Kiel.